10 most famous models

The American company Polaroid, which is engaged in the production of photographic equipment and electronics all over the world is known to all of you. Mainly the brainchild of the company in the history of a revolutionary camera that was released February 21, 1947, and was capable of taking snapshots. In this set, I want to share with you the most famous and interesting samples of products of the firm. Instant Cameras
Introduced in 1947, the camera Polaroid Model 95 created a furor in the market. After all, it is by the standards of that time was a real miracle. In the case of a relatively small device was placed the whole lab, which could in just one minute to print the picture shown, then a black-and-white.





Sunglasses
For the whole world, and Russia in recent years, too, the company Polaroid is primarily a manufacturer of stylish and functional sunglasses of polarizing material. It was the first product released under this brand in 1937 and for many years he brought the main income of the company.



The emergence of Polaroid scientific experiments connected with Edwin Land, who is considered one of the greatest inventors in history, second only to Thomas Edison. He owns 535 patents in various fields of science. And experiments with light, Kaleidoscope and stethoscope he worked almost from childhood.
And it is not surprising that the first product based on the Land of Polaroid steel is polarized glasses. Yes, and the company itself was named after the material created by the inventor for several years before that for commercial purposes.
Now the company Polaroid Eyewear manufactures hundreds of models of polarizing glasses for different functions: for household and health needs of children, men and women athletes. The unique technology makes these products among the best in its class in the world.



Cameras from Polaroid gained a truly global popularity, and even manufactured under license in the Soviet Union - is very rare for the "cold war" case.



The most popular model was the first instant cameras Polaroid SX-70 (the first camera with the cassette), and then Polaroid Impulse - a device that we have, and is associated with this brand. Having such a device during the eighties and nineties was considered almost mandatory thing in every family across the globe.



Roll from the Polaroid
Since the late seventies, the company began producing Polaroid has become a very popular film format of Super 8 (Polavision), designed for compact cameras, devices that had tens of millions of filmgoers worldwide. And many contemporary filmmakers begin with these Polaroid cameras and film in them.
And in the eighties, Polaroid also launched a 35-millimeter film, contact Polachrome, which was made up to the year 2000 when the analog photo and film began to take their positions completely digital device.



Digital cameras from Polaroid
Polaroid Impulse has been popular for nearly twenty years until his niche not occupied digital cameras - a cheap, unpretentious, functional and versatile.
Companies lost a major source of income, even had to go through two bankruptcy proceedings in 2001 and 2008. But in 2009 it introduced its first digital camera - Polaroid PoGo. In this case, the company decided not to part with the concept of instant photography - in the body of the aircraft was built a miniature digital printer, allowing in a second print favorite picture.



Another embodiment of the concept of "instant photography" in relation to digital cameras Polaroid company decided to implement by means of synchronization with the camera owner's accounts in social networks. The first such sign was the device Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera, with which images with just one click you can place in Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.



Pocket Photo Printer
Another alternative solution to the question snapshot Polaroid company sees the promotion of handheld printers. She created a device Polaroid GL10, allows you to print photos the size of 8 to 10 centimeters in 45 seconds. This device weighs only 425 grams and can easily fit in a pocket or bag.
Photos on the printer Polaroid GL10 created thanks to technology Zink Zero Ink Printing, means printing without any ink. This requires a special photo paper. A battery charge lasts for 30-35 operations.



Digital Photo Frame
The company Polaroid became one of the first manufacturers to offer to replace the standard photo frames to digital, so that each such item could not show a single image, but dozens, hundreds, or even thousands, who could alternate.



Glasses for Lady GaGa
In 2011, reviving after the crisis the company Polaroid invited for the post of creative director of the famous singer Lady GaGa. And one of the first steps taken by it in this post, was the presentation of extraordinary points GL20 Camera Glasses.



GL20 Camera Glasses - it's not only points, but the 12-pixel digital camera, fixing everything he sees a man on whom this unusual accessory worn. Moreover, eyepieces placed screens broadcasting images. But not in the eyes of the person in the GL20 Camera Glasses, but rather to his interlocutors.
Of course, sunglasses GL20 Camera Glasses - an element of outrageousness. But they can be used as usual stylish polarized sunglasses.



Cameras for extreme sports and
I decided to try his luck, and the company Polaroid cameras on the market, especially those used for shooting action video. The most popular at the moment, a product of this class of device is that the manufacturer Polaroid XS100HD - a device with a sensor of 16 megapixels and a heavy-duty casing, allowing to cope with external influences, including immersion to a depth of 10 meters.
Eknsh Camera Polaroid XS100HD can shoot video at up to 60 frames per second with a resolution of 720p, 960r and 1080r



TV Polaroid
Televisions Polaroid Company began producing at the beginning of zero years, when demand for instant camera began to decline. However, they have not won widespread popularity, and the crisis in the company has become irreversible.
The idea to produce Polaroid TV products returned ten years later. It was recently announced the release of a budget 50-inch ultra-definition TV images. The cost of new items is expected to amount to a thousand dollars, which is quite not a lot compared to other TVs with a resolution of Ultra HD.



Plates Polaroid
Budgetary and tablets are expected to be on the market which is also planning very soon to leave the company Polaroid. Models Q7, Q8 and Q10 (the number in the title describes the screen size in inches) will be priced from 129 to 179 US dollars. However, their screens, as one would expect, are covered with the polarizing film, which allows to work with them, even with the bright sunlight.



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